Semi-cured product, cured product and method of manufacturing these, optical component, curable resin composition

Abstract

A heat-resistant cured product is efficiently produced by obtaining a semi-cured product where a curable resin composition containing a (meth)acrylate monomer, a non-conjugated vinylidene group-containing compound and a thermal radical-polymerization initiator is processed by at least one of photoirradiation and heating to give a semi-cured product having a complex viscosity of from 105 to 108 mPa·s at 25° C. and at a frequency of 10 Hz; and putting the semi-cured product in a forming die for pressure formation therein, and heating it therein for thermal polymerization to give a cured product.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application is a continuation application of International Application No. PCT / JP2011 / 074421, filed Oct. 24, 2011, which in turn claims the benefit of priority from Japanese Application No. 2010-238454, filed Oct. 25, 2010, and Japanese Application No. 2011-125542, filed Jun. 3, 2011, the disclosures of which Applications are incorporated by reference herein in their entirety.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]1. Field of the Invention[0003]The present invention relates to a semi-cured product, a cured product and a method for producing these, and to an optical component and a curable resin composition.[0004]2. Description of the Related Art[0005]Heretofore, in general, inorganic glass materials have been used for optical components (also referred to as optical elements, mainly lenses) from the viewpoint that they are excellent in optical characteristics, mechanical strength, etc.[0006]Recently desired is further improvement of product...

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Benefits of technology

The invention provides a method for making a cured product that can withstand high temperatures during use in a reflow process. This is achieved by controlling the formability of the semi-cured product to prevent burr formation during molding and increase the production's quality after molding.

Problems solved by technology

However, thermoplastic resins that have heretofore been used as resin materials for optical elements soften and melt at relatively low temperatures and therefore have good workability, but the optical elements molded from them are defective in that they readily deform by heat.

In a case where electronic components with optical elements incorporated therein are mounted on a substrate in a solder reflow process, the optical elements themselves are also exposed to heating conditions, for example, at 270° C. or so; but in such a case, optical elements formed of a thermoplastic resin having poor heat resistance would be problematic as causing deformation or shape degradation.

However, since the viscosity thereof before cured is low, a photocurable resin has a problem in that it leaks out through the parting line of a mold during molding therein and the leaked resin also cures to form an unnecessary part during molding.

However, in the patent reference, there is given no description to suggest use of a thermal polymerization initiator, and the above-mentioned composition could not be used for heat-resistant lenses directly usable in a reflow process.

However, from the viewpoint of application to optical components such as heat-resistant lenses, the disclosed composition is still unsatisfactory in point of the fabricability thereof.

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